Vehicle-brake.



S. F. BOYCE. VEHICLE BRAKE. APPLICATION FILED nmjzl, 190B.

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WITNESSES 9/ ATTORNEYS I. BOYCE. VEEIULF BRAKE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1908.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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ATTORNEYS SAMUEL r. BOYCE, or scHENEcrAJJY, NEW YORK; ASSIGNOB, or'onn-frianrfro ROBERT E. POWELL,

VEHICLE-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

or new YORK, N. Y.

Patented Mart S,

Application med December21, 1908. Serial No. 468,617.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it'known that I, SAMUEL F, Boron, a citizen of the United States, and}! resident of Schenectady, county of Schenectady, and State of New York, have "invented certain. new and useful. Improvements. in vVehicle- Brakes, of which the following is-affull, clear, and exact description. flhis invention relates moreto emergency brakes for-automo iles..

The primary object of theinvention is' ttiiprovide snnple and eflici-ent means whereby"- in case there is likely to be an accident or; forother reasons, an emergency-brake may. be quickly applied in sucha way asto raise-; the driving wheels of the vehicle fromofi the ground, thus permitting the engine or.

motor to rotatethe driving axle and wheels of the vehicle without any ropelling effect,

and to so construct the bra 'ngmeans that.

it will automatically raise the. vehicle wheels when the same is released and assist in stop-I ping the vehicle -much more u'ickly and readily than can be, accomplis ed by the brakes as ordinarily constructed.

' 'vide simple and efiicient brake mechanism .which may be appliedto various forms of." vehicles and which may be used for various p 7 I, a

unposes. A further object of the invention is to provide a brake mechanism which may be easily and. properly controlled; and to provide means whereby the mechanism may be placed in operative position from both the rear and the front of the vehicle.-

With these andother objects in view, the

invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawingswhich form a part of this specification, and will then be-pointed outin the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary. View, partly in section, of an automobile with one form of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is. a fragmentary vertical.

transverse section showing the brake mechanism applied to raise'the rear wheels of the vehicle. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitw dinal section, partlyin elevation, showing the position of the brake mechanism when applied in emergency cases. Fig. 4 is afragmentary side elevation, partly broken away; showinga' slightly difi'erent form of means articularly 5 for. releasin the brake members; and Fig.

5 is a detail plan of the under side of the desired. As shown each of-theiflembers 14 which is held to move about or oscillate oh mentof' said members 14: and 15, the said portion 16. An arm .18 projects outward fromthe hub portion 16, and this arm may be constructed to secure the desired strength, and on theouter'end of said arm is an elonated shoe 19lwhich may. be secured to or ormed integral with the arm 18 of the brake 7 member. Each shoe or enlarged engaging part 19 serves in a-measure as a. runner as well as for raising the vehicle, and each shoe may have its' forward pa'rtctirved so aSj tO may provide an extended wearing surface ner v ace-of-the vehicle wheel. Each wearing surface orpart 20 may be provided with -V-shaped teeth 21 which are adapted to;e11-

released their weight -wi1l cause themrito so that if the-ilat ti the motor may cont h re. positively driven {to rotate the Wheels wearing surface; of one of the brake .mem-

ositively extend-upward andinward, and on the 1111- (1431 side thereof may. provided with a 4 wearing surface or part 20*." This part 20' and may be, at any suitable material, and said 1 art normally'lies parallel with the in-I and '3. These braking members are normally held away from-the ground, andwghen lower by gravity and engage the. grou'nd,%and; as the vehicle advances will; raise the wheels maybe supplemental'to the usual brake mechanism or may be used instead thereot 'if and.15 is provided witha hub portion 16 i the axle 12, and t'OpreVentflateral moveaxle 12 may be provided with collars or p parts 17 located on opposite sides of the' hub.

Another-object o'f the invention is to pronos without any propelling effect whatever and by reason of the nature of the brake members the vehicle will come to a quick stop.

To raise the brake members-andto hold the same in an elevated position various means may be employed. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the forward end of each shoe 19 is pro vided with eyes 22 and 23 on opposite faces thereof, and connected to the eye 23 is one end of a chain 24, the other end of which chain passes through an opening in the body of the vehicle, as at 25, and on said end of the chain is a ring or handle 26 which connects the two chains together so that by pulling on the eye or handle 26 both brake memhere may beraised, and when in an elevated position may be engaged by the ends of arms 27 which are adapted to enter apertures 28 formed in the ends of the shoes 19. The arms 27 are formed as a part of or secured to a rod 29, and this rod 29 is held to rock in bearings 30 on the vehicle frame, and is normally forced in one direction by a spring 31, Fig. 2 so that the ends of the arms 27 will tenr normally to engage the apertures 280i"v the brake members, the downward movement of. the brake members being limited by a chain 32, one end of which is secured to the eye 22 or other part of the shoe, and its otherend is held to the vehicle body. By this means the movement of each brake member is limited by a chain 82 which is of suiiicient strength to hold the shoe, when engaging the ground, in its proper position, and by means of the chains 24-the shoes may be raised above the ground to permit the vehicle to be propelled in the usual way; it being understood that the brake members may be rigidly connected together instead of being independent as shown if preferred.

The rod 29 may be rocked to release the ends 'of the arms 27 from the shoes of the brake members from one or more parts of the vehicle. to one of the arms 2-7. and its other end may be passed through the vehicle body and I provided with a ring or handle 34, whereby the rod may be rocked to release the arms from the brake shoes; and to secure the same result from the front of the vehicle a chain 35 may be secured at one end to one of the arms 27 and its other end connected to a lever 36 which may be operated by a treadle 37, so that, in case there is likely to be an accident, the brake members may be qulckly released and the shoes permitted to be moved vehicle as it'advances will force the shoes A chain 33 is held at one end rearward and thus raise the vehicle wheels from the ground and at the same time stop the vehicle.

In Fig. 4 a slightly dilferent form of means for holding and releasing each brake .member is shown. A slide bolt 38, one for I or handle 42 ocated within the vehicle, and

extending forward from each of the bolts is a chain 43 which are adapted to be operated by a lever 44, and this lever 44 may be operated by a treadle 45, so that both bolts 38 may be moved either from the front of the vehicle or from the rear thereof.

gage the ground and elevate the wheels of the vehicle to quicklyfstop the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with an axle of an arm pivotally mounted thereon and provided with an elongated brake shoe, constructed to engage the ground, means for raising said shoe into inoperative position, arspring pressed rod having its end constructed to engage said shoe, and means for moving said rod out of engagement with said shoe.

2. The combination with an axle of an arm pivotally mounted thereon and provided with an elongated brake shoe, constructed to engage the ground, means for raising said shoe, a spring controlled rock shaft having one end constructed to engage said shoe when raised,'and means for rocking said rock shaft to disengage said shoe. 7

This specification signed and witnessed I this 18th day of December A. D. 1908.

SAMUEL F. BOYCE. Witnesses:

W. A. Townes, Jr, El KRAMER. 

